US7646286B2 - Stolen vehicle recovery support apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a technology for recovering a stolen vehicle.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid Open No. 2002-257013 discloses a technology for preventing auto theft by locking the engine with an immobilizer when theft is detected.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid Open No. 2003-157483 discloses a technology for photographing the surroundings of a vehicle when an object approaches the vehicle, and transmitting the photographed image when a fraudulent act is committed.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid Open No. 2000-142323 discloses a stolen-vehicle prevention device that sets off an alarm when theft is detected based on a change of a connection status of an anti-theft warning member incorporated in a junction box of, for example, an ignition key.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid Open No. 2002-316617 discloses a technology for recovering a stolen vehicle by deploying an airbag to obstruct a thief from driving the vehicle.
- a stolen vehicle is not always used as is; its external and/or internal appearance is changed, or it is disassembled so that parts can be sold. Therefore, a stolen vehicle needs to be recovered quickly.
- an apparatus provided in a vehicle for supporting recovery of the vehicle if the vehicle is stolen includes a determining unit that determines whether the vehicle is being stolen; a judging unit that judges a state of the vehicle and an environment around the vehicle; a plurality of supporting units each capable of executing a support processes to prevent theft of the vehicle; and a selecting unit that selects, when the determining unit determines that the vehicle is being stolen, at least one supporting unit among the supporting units to execute a corresponding support process according to a state of the vehicle judged by the judging unit.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic of a stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 depicts examples of recovery support processes executed by an execution processing unit shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a processing procedure performed by the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart of another processing procedure performed by the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 1 is a schematic of a stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 is connected to a camera 21 , a navigation device 22 , a speed sensor 23 , a radar 24 , a horn 31 , a speaker 32 , an air-conditioning device 33 , a wiper 34 , a lamp system 35 , an airbag mechanism 36 , an air-pressure control mechanism 37 , a brake control electronic control unit (ECU) 38 , a vehicle-body control ECU 39 , an engine control ECU 40 , a direct communication device 41 , and an indirect communication device 42 .
- ECU brake control electronic control unit
- the camera 21 photographs the surroundings and the interior of a vehicle in which the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 is provided.
- the navigation device 22 sets a driving path and guides the vehicle. Specifically, the navigation device 22 acquires a present position of the vehicle by a global positioning system (GPS), identifies a road on which the vehicle is running from map data, and guides the vehicle with a display or a speaker. The navigation device 22 also outputs position information of the vehicle, map information of the surroundings, and time information to the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 .
- GPS global positioning system
- the speed sensor 23 acquires rotation speed of a wheel of the vehicle, and calculates the speed of the vehicle.
- the radar 24 detects objects around the vehicle, in particular, a preceding vehicle and a succeeding vehicle.
- the horn 31 is an alarm used for warning others of the presence of the vehicle.
- the speaker 32 outputs voice notifications to passengers of the vehicle.
- the speaker 32 is preferably shared by the navigation device 22 and an in-car audio system (not shown).
- the air-conditioning device 33 air-conditions the inside of the vehicle, and the wiper 34 wipes the windshield of the vehicle in case of rain to clear the view for the driver.
- the lamp system 35 includes a headlight 35 a for lighting the front of the vehicle, a brake lamp 35 b for notifying others that the vehicle is decelerating, and a turn-signal lamp 35 c for notifying others of the behavior of the vehicle.
- the airbag mechanism 36 prevents a passenger from being injured by deploying an airbag in a case of a collision.
- the air-pressure control mechanism 37 controls air pressure of a tire.
- the brake control ECU 38 puts a brake on the vehicle by controlling a brake.
- the vehicle-body control ECU 39 controls opening and closing of doors and windows.
- the engine control ECU 40 controls operations of the engine.
- the direct communication device 41 directly communicates with a mobile terminal possessed by a user of the vehicle, such as a remote key terminal.
- the indirect communication device 42 communicates, via a network such as a telephone line or the internet, with a predetermined contact point such as the user's mobile phone, a security company, or the police.
- the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 includes a status determining unit 11 , a process selecting unit 12 , and an execution processing unit 13 .
- the status determining unit 11 determines a status of the vehicle based on output from the camera 21 , the navigation device 22 , the speed sensor 23 , the radar 24 , the direct communication device 41 , and the indirect communication device 42 .
- the process selecting unit 12 selects a process to be executed based on a determination result of the status determining unit 11 , and the execution processing unit 13 executes the process selected.
- the execution processing unit 13 includes a plurality of recovery support units such as a notification system and a traveling system that has different prevention systems to each other.
- the execution processing unit 13 includes an informing process unit 13 a that informs the surroundings of theft, a drive-obstruction process unit 13 b that obstructs a thief from driving the vehicle, a travel-stop process unit 13 c that stops the vehicle from traveling, a travel-function stop process unit 13 d that obstructs the vehicle from traveling by stopping a travel function of the vehicle, a notifying process unit 13 e that notifies a status of the vehicle to a predetermined contact point, and a warning process unit 13 f that warns a thief.
- an informing process unit 13 a that informs the surroundings of theft
- a drive-obstruction process unit 13 b that obstructs a thief from driving the vehicle
- a travel-stop process unit 13 c that stops the vehicle from traveling
- a travel-function stop process unit 13 d that obstructs the vehicle from traveling by stopping a travel function of the vehicle
- a notifying process unit 13 e
- FIG. 2 depicts examples of recovery support processes executed by the execution processing unit 13 .
- the informing process unit 13 a informs the surroundings of theft by honking a horn, screeching a rear brake, opening a window and playing music at full volume, and irregularly lighting the lamp system, etc. These measures attract attention from surrounding people, so that a thief is discouraged from continuing to move the vehicle.
- the process of honking a horn is executed by controlling the horn 31 .
- the process of screeching the rear brake is executed by control of the brake control ECU 38 .
- the process of opening a window and playing music at full volume is executed by forcibly opening a window of the vehicle by the vehicle-body control ECU 39 and forcibly outputting music at full volume from the speaker 32 .
- the output sound can be music, e.g., irritating music, or a message such as “This is a stolen car. Call the police.”
- the lamp system is irregularly lighted to inform the surroundings that an abnormality has occurred by an irregular control that is not performed when the vehicle is traveling under regular circumstances.
- the headlight 35 a or the brake lamp 35 b is blinked, or the turn-signal lamp 35 c is irregularly lit.
- the drive-obstruction process unit 13 b executes a process of obstructing operation of an environmental system and a process of obstructing operation of the traveling system.
- the process of obstructing operation of an environmental system includes controlling a wiper to operate irregularly or controlling an air-conditioner to operate irregularly.
- a wiper is controlled to operate irregularly by stopping operation of the wiper 34 in case of rain, operating the wiper 34 in fine weather, to deteriorate the view of the thief, and obstruct the thief from driving the vehicle.
- An air-conditioner is controlled to operate irregularly by operating the air-conditioning device 33 to turn on a heater under high temperature and turn on the cooler under low temperature.
- the process of obstructing operation of the traveling system includes disabling the brake, sudden acceleration, and making the steering wheel heavy.
- the process of disabling the brake is executed when the status determining unit 11 determines that theft has occurred (or highly likely to occur) and that it is safe to disable the brake, to prevent an accident caused by executing this process.
- the status determining unit 11 interferes with the operation of the brake control ECU 38 and rejects to accept a brake operation from the thief. This process is preferably executed at a location where the brake is frequently operated, such as at a downward slope.
- the process of sudden acceleration is executed when the status determining unit 11 determines that theft has occurred (or highly likely to occur) and that it is safe to suddenly accelerate.
- the status determining unit 11 interferes with the operation of the engine control ECU 40 , and autonomously and forcibly accelerates the vehicle.
- the process of making the steering wheel heavy is performed, based on a determination result of the status determining unit 11 , by stopping assistance of a power steering mechanism and making the driver operate the steering wheel without the assistance, without causing an accident when the vehicle is turning a curve.
- a thief is obstructed from driving the vehicle by making the vehicle behave abnormally without causing an accident, and giving an impression to the thief that the vehicle is malfunctioning. Accordingly, the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 can make a thief abandon stealing a vehicle for own usage or for resale.
- the travel-stop process unit 13 c stops a traveling vehicle by applying the brake or stopping the engine. To prevent an accident, the travel-stop process unit 13 c stops the vehicle when the status determining unit 11 determines that it is safe to stop the vehicle.
- a safe status to stop the vehicle is determined by acquiring a road shape from output of the navigation device 22 , presence of other vehicles in the surroundings from the radar 24 and the camera 21 , and the speed at which the vehicle is traveling from the speed sensor 23 .
- the vehicle is preferably stopped in front of a police station or where attention can be attracted.
- the brake control ECU 38 and the engine control ECU 40 is automatically controlled to forcibly stop the vehicle, and prohibit the brake from being released and the engine from being restarted, so that the vehicle cannot move.
- the brake control ECU 38 prohibits the brake from being released and the engine control ECU 40 prohibits the engine from being restarted, so that the vehicle cannot move.
- the travel-function stop process unit 13 d stops a travel function of the vehicle by locking/initializing ECU, deploying the airbag, or deflating a tire. Specifically, the ECU is locked/initialized by stopping access to a flash read-only memory (ROM) recording operations of the brake control ECU 38 and the engine control ECU 40 , or deleting contents of the flash ROM, to disable the vehicle from traveling.
- ROM read-only memory
- the airbag mechanism 36 is controlled to forcibly deploy the airbag so that a thief is obstructed from driving the vehicle.
- the air-pressure control mechanism 37 is controlled so that air pressure in a tire is decreased to a level that the vehicle cannot travel.
- the vehicle By stopping the travel function, the vehicle is disabled from traveling until being handled by a serviceman.
- the stop process of the travel function is performed when the vehicle is in a stopped state.
- the notifying process unit 13 e uses the direct communication device 41 and the indirect communication device 42 to notify the user, an information center, a security company, or the police that theft has occurred. In the notifying process, the notifying process unit 13 e sends position information of the vehicle acquired from the navigation device 22 , an image of the surroundings of the vehicle and an image of the inside of the vehicle, photographed by the camera 21 .
- the notification destination is preferably selected based on certainty of theft. For example, if certainty is low, the theft is notified only to a user or an information center, and if certainty is high, the theft is notified to a security company or the police.
- the notifying process unit 13 e can prompt a user to determine whether the vehicle can be stopped by sending the user an image or position information.
- the user can send a request to the execution processing unit 13 to execute a stop process.
- the warning process unit 13 f warns a thief by using the indirect communication device 42 and the speaker 32 . Specifically, a warning can be made when theft is likely to occur, or when there is a reply from the police in response to the notifying process.
- the warning process unit 13 f establishes a communication line between the police with the indirect communication device 42 , so that the police can directly warn the thief, and make the thief abandon stealing the vehicle even more effectively.
- the status determining unit 11 includes a theft determining function that determines that the vehicle has been stolen and a function of determining a status of the vehicle and an environment in which the vehicle is traveling.
- the status determining unit 11 communicates with a communication terminal held by a user, for example a remote key, through the direct communication device 41 . If the remote key is outside the vehicle (or if communication cannot be established between the remote key) while the vehicle is traveling, the status determining unit 11 determines that theft might have occurred (low certainty of theft).
- the status determining unit 11 determines that theft has occurred (high certainty of theft). Similarly, when the remote key is outside the vehicle (or if communication cannot be established between the remote key), and vehicle transporting equipment such as a tow car or a cargo transporter is detected near the vehicle, the status determining unit 11 determines that theft has occurred. When a door lock is destroyed, or when the engine is started without using a key, the status determining unit 11 determines that theft has occurred.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a processing procedure performed by the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 when the status determining unit 11 determines that theft might have occurred or theft has occurred.
- the process selecting unit 12 selects an informing process and the informing process unit 13 a executes the informing process (step S 101 ).
- the status determining unit 11 determines a traveling environment, that is, whether it is safe for the vehicle to stop (step S 102 ). When the status determining unit 11 determines it is not safe to stop (No at step S 102 ), the status determining unit 11 determines whether road conditions are safe (step S 105 ). When the road conditions are safe (Yes at step S 105 ), the drive-obstruction process unit 13 b executes a drive obstruction process for the traveling system selected by the process selecting unit 12 (step S 106 ). When the road conditions are not safe (No at step S 105 ), the drive-obstruction process unit 13 b executes a drive obstruction process for the environmental system selected by the process selecting unit 12 (step S 108 ).
- step S 106 or S 108 the informing process unit 13 a executes an informing process selected by the process selecting unit 12 (step S 107 ), and the system control returns to step S 102 .
- the travel-stop process unit 13 c executes a travel stop process selected by the process selecting unit 12 (step S 103 ), the travel-function stop process unit 13 d stops the travel function after the traveling stops (step S 104 ), and the processing ends.
- the recovery support processes include the notifying process, the drive obstruction process for the traveling system, the drive obstruction process for the environmental system, the informing process, the travel stop process, and the travel function stop process. Accordingly, recovery of a stolen vehicle can be supported by quickly, safely, and accurately stopping the vehicle, and obstructing the thief from continuing to drive the vehicle.
- the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 executes a processing procedure shown in a flowchart shown in FIG. 4 , in addition to the processing procedure shown in FIG. 3 .
- the status determining unit 11 makes the camera 21 photograph the surroundings of the vehicle (step S 201 ), and predicts whether there is a possibility that the vehicle will be loaded in vehicle transporting equipment based on whether vehicle transporting equipment is present in the surroundings (step S 202 ).
- the system control returns to step S 201 .
- the status determining unit 11 determines that theft has occurred.
- the notifying process unit 13 e executes a notifying process to the police selected by the process selecting unit 12 (step S 204 ).
- the travel-stop process unit 13 c executes a travel stop process selected by the process selecting unit 12 (step S 205 ), and the travel-function stop process unit 13 d executes a travel function stop process (step S 206 ).
- step S 207 When there is a reply from the police (step S 207 ), the warning process unit 13 f executes a warning process (step S 208 ), and the processing ends.
- the stolen-vehicle recovery support apparatus 10 determines a status of the vehicle, selects and executes an appropriate process (notifying process, drive obstruction process for the traveling system, drive obstruction process for the environmental system, informing process, travel stop process, travel function stop process) to quickly stop the vehicle, obstructs the thief from continuing to drive the vehicle, and support recovery of the vehicle.
- an appropriate process notifying process, drive obstruction process for the traveling system, drive obstruction process for the environmental system, informing process, travel stop process, travel function stop process
- the configuration of the embodiment can be change appropriately.
- the embodiment determines the status of the vehicle based on output from the camera 21 , the navigation device 22 , the speed sensor 23 , the direct communication device 41 , and the indirect communication device 42 ; however, output from other sensors can be used.
- recovery support processes can be realized by any other control operation.
- recovery of a stolen vehicle can be appropriately supported. Furthermore, the thief is made to stop stealing the vehicle
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